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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
June 19, 
FARMERS’ CLUB 
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DISKS FOLLOW A PLOW. 
How is the following idea for a 
good point in a plow ? This Spring I 
plowed some land that was manured 
during the Winter with rather coarse 
manure. I wanted the manure turned 
under, but as near to the surface as 
possible, to give it a chance to decay 
quickly, so I plowed it shallow. I then 
got the idea that if I had a set of small 
disks running just behind the heel of 
the plow I would be accomplishing my 
purpose and plowing deeply, too, while 
with the use of such an attachment we 
would at the same time avoid the soil 
right under plowed or turned soil from 
becoming packed. If these disks could 
be so arranged as to keep the plow in 
balance and would be .detachable this 
ought to be an ideal plow. I have not 
seen anything like it, and it may not 
work out in practice. t. f. v. 
Hale’s Corners, Wis. 
R. N.-Y.—We have not seen any 
such device in practice. If any readers 
have tried it will they please tell us 
how it works ? Probably no one will 
claim that the perfect tillage tool has 
yet been found. 
BURBANK -AND HIS FRUITS. 
During the past ten years I have planted 
and fruited about 25 varieties of plums, 
near haff of them being Japan or Japan 
hybrids from Burbank. As a market fruit 
for this section I think that the proper 
place for the plum is at the foot* of the 
class, but I do not agree with those who 
claim that Burbank has added nothing of 
value to our list of plums. The America 
with me has proven almost as reliable as 
the Wild Goose, which is our most popular 
native, is equal in quality and is twice as 
large. Red June has done well. Shiro has 
given some good crops, and has sold better 
locally than any of the red or blue plums. 
I also have the Willard, Gonzales and 
Waugh—three other Japan hybrids, all sent 
out by men who have the reputation of 
being plum-wise; but none of them has 
dODe so well here as the ones named above 
from Burbank. It does not seem to me 
that we need have any great fear of over¬ 
praising the work of the man who has 
done more in developing this class of fruit 
than all the other horticulturalists of the 
country combined. 
In Burbank’s announcements of his new 
t nations, which I have received from time 
to time in the past, I have found his de¬ 
scriptions to be very modest, compared with 
the boost the average introducer gives a 
pew apple, a strawberry or a tomato. Bur¬ 
bank's description of his Winterstein apple, 
w'hen first sent out, if I mistake not, was 
mostly a quotation from the editor of The 
R. N.-Y., and I planted some trees largely 
on the strength of that endorsement. I 
have tried Burbank's potato, quince, Win¬ 
ter rhubarb, and other creations, most of 
which have been dropped as worthless here. 
I have not tried the new Wonderberry, but 
after sifting all superfluous words out of 
the introducer’s description and reading 
over what were left, I decided there was 
nothing to it that could be of much value, 
so I let it alone. However, I do not share 
the fears that have been hinted at by 
others that there is a conspiracy some¬ 
where between the originator and intro¬ 
ducer of this Wonderberry to poison off 
the rest of mankind by inducing them to 
oat Nightshade under a new name. f. m. 
Indiana. 
R. N.-Y.—We welcome any fair reports 
of the behavior of Mr. Burbank’s creations. 
The verdict of the public regarding their 
value is final. That verdict is what we 
want, and we have no desire to influence it. 
Questions About Alfalfa, 
Reader, Millcrsbury, Pa .—I have sue 
ceoded in getting a splendid catch, of Al¬ 
falfa. It is now (May 22) over a foot 
high, but there are no signs of heads that 
I can see. How soon must I cut it for 
best results? How long does it get? I 
have an impression that the hay is in¬ 
jurious to horses ; would you tell me about 
the matter? How is the hay cured, and 
after the first crop is cut, would it be an 
injury to put on fine manure to push the 
second crop? In order to inoculate other 
soil, what part of this soil should I take? 
I had this patch in sweet corn, and in 
rye before the corn; kept it clean all 
along; the last corn was taken off in Sep¬ 
tember, all the stubble torn out and worked 
with a 14-tooth one-horse cultivator, also 
with spring harrow. The patch had been 
manured well with barnyard manure. I 
then leveled with a plank drag, and gave 
it a good dose of fertilizer and hard-wood 
ashes and inoculated it with ground from 
our experiment station. Then I sowed the 
seed and harrowed with the little harrow. 
It was very dry; everything burned all 
around ; no rain at all. The patch was in 
fine condition like an onion bed. and slopes 
from the east to the west on the banks 
of a small stream, and the nature of the 
ground is a sandy loam, with a touch of 
red shale, but sandstone rock abounds in 
it. I thought it would not pull through, 
but it was not harmed in the least. The 
seed I got from Minnesota, and the seller 
claims that it was brought by the Swedes 
from their country. The Minnesota Experi¬ 
ment Station claims it is hardier than the 
common variety. 
Ans. —Alfalfa is cut when in bloom. 
You will easily notice the purple blos¬ 
soms. Do not let the heads go to 
seed, hut cut at any time after the 
first blooms open. Alfalfa often grows 
four feet or more high. The hay is 
not injurious. At Syracuse and other 
cities where Alfalfa grows, stable keep¬ 
ers will pay extra for well-cured Al¬ 
falfa. We cure Alfalfa about the same 
as clover. The point is to keep the 
leaves from drying up. The water in 
the plant will be thrown off through 
the leaves. We cut, let lie a short 
time in the swath and then rake into 
windows. At night put into good-sized 
cocks and turn them over twice a day. 
It would do no harm to put on fine ma¬ 
nure after cutting. In digging soil to 
inoculate another field take the upper 
nine inches, including the roots. You 
can hardly do better than repeat the 
plan which proved successful with the 
other piece of ground. 
Something About Postoffices. 
R. J. B. —I notice you give your post- 
office as New York, without any State. Is 
Ibis because you think your city is all 
there is to it? 
Ans. —No, it is because there is no 
other New York Post Office in the 
country. There is only one San Fran¬ 
cisco and only one New Orleans. The 
State is not nee.ded when sending let¬ 
ters there. There are three Chicagos, 
12 Bostons, six Philadelphias, four Cin- 
cinnatis, 11 Pittsburghs, 10 Detroits 
and three St. Louis, 26 Columbia, 21 
Columbus, 23 Jacksonville, 27 Dayton, 
20 Denver and so on. barm products 
are well represented in the postal guide. 
Virginia has post offices named Potato 
and Pumpkin; Arkansas, Turnip, while 
there are four Wheats, three Alfalfas, 
seven Ryes and six Clovers. There is 
but one Tophet and but 12 Paradise. 
Baling Hay from the Field. 
* G■ G. ll'.j Muncy, Pa. —We wish to ob¬ 
tain briefly views or experiences on the 
success or non-success of baling Timothy 
hay in the field after being well cured. If 
feasible, it would result in an immense 
saving in labor and time. 
Ans. —We have looked this up sev¬ 
eral times. Most of our hay makers 
state that hay should go through a 
form of “sweat” in barn or stack le- 
fore it is baled. A number of reports 
state that hay baled in the field went 
wrong and was graded “poor” when 
isold. Two years ago a farmer in 
Kentucky described his method of bal¬ 
ing straight from the swath. The hay 
was pure Timothy, and stood until it 
was dead ripe. It was cut and cured 
in the swath and cock, thus giving 
part of the “sweat” whic! goes on in 
the mow. Baling was done through 
the middle of sunny days. This hay 
was shipped at once and probably fed 
a few months after baling. It gave 
satisfaction, but we could not advise 
the plan for early cut hay, hay con¬ 
taining much clover or for naturally 
moist sections. 
“For the Land’s Sake”—use Bowker’s 
Fertilizers; they enrich the earth ano 
those who till it. Agents wanted. Illus¬ 
trated catalogue free. Address Bowker 
Fertilizer Co., New York, Buffalo or 
Cincinnati.— A dv. 
u uke"“ Display Bad Temper 
He should not be blamed; he should be pitied. A very sick man in his 
delirium may make awful threats, but no one need be disturbed about them. 
A very sick separator manufacturer is just at this time making some 
foolish threats about patent litigation and in his delirium is attempting some 
things which a rational man would not undertake, and which will only ex¬ 
haust the little strength there is in him. 
The Sharpies Separator Company 
is the strongest financially of any separator manufacturing concern and is 
the oldest in America. Every Sharpies separator is sold under a guaranty 
of full and complete protection to the agent who sells and to the user who 
buys, against any and all patent infringement litigation of every character. 
We are thoroughly posted on all cream separator patents and every patented 
feature of a Sharpies separator is controlled by The Sharpies Separator 
Company. Any claim to the contrary made by a disgruntled competitor is 
without grounds and made solely for the purpose of intimidation. 
Tubular Cream Separators Stand Alone 
in a class by themselves, the highest type of centrifugal cream separa¬ 
tor, entirely different from all others, and no competitor has ever claimed 
that Tubulars in any way infringed his patents. Tubular Cream Separators 
are sold to the best dairymen in the world, but there are some people who 
insist upon buying something cheap regardless of inconvenience, loss of 
time, trouble to keep clean and unavoidable repair bills. Those people buy 
disk separators and aim to buy the best disk separators obtainable. We are 
building and selling by far the best disk machine—our Jersey separator— 
the cheapest thing we build, but nevertheless a better separator than the 
best of other disk machines, and which we sell at a price far below what the 
aforesaid “sick man” is asking for an inferior machine. 
That Is Where the Shoe Pinches 
And that is why the “sick man” is threatening patent suits. It’s easy to 
understand. If you want the best separator in the world, buy a Tubular; 
if you want the best disk separator, buy the Jersey, and bear in mind that 
we guarantee to protect you and hold you harmless against patent litiga¬ 
tion from any and every source. Write for catalog 153. 
The Sharpies Separator Go. 
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yrs 
Light Draught Potato Harvester 
A digger that digs where others fail. 
Guaranteed to work under all kinds of 
field conditions with only two horses. 
Fetter write for our circulars 
ami field scene pictures. 
Stevens Mfg. Co., Marinette, Wis. 
Builders of HiKh xrade Potato Machinery. 
A REAL POTATO DIGGER. Transfer and distributing points in every potato raising section. 
DEDERICK'SK 
: are the three cardinal 
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A press to fill every re¬ 
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gives valuable information. 
P. K. DEDERICK’S SONS, 
68 Tivoli Street, Albany, N. Y. 
THE “NEW WAY” PRESS 
is a horizontal press. It bales 1% to 2^ tons per hour. 
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Makes the very desirable eastern market bale. Beats 
all Box and Upright Presses by doing 100 per cent 
more work. Stands at work just as you see it in the cut. 
Very portable. Adapted to bank barn work. We also 
make Horse and Belt Power Presses. Write for catalog. 
SANDWICH MFG. CO., 157 MAIN ST.. SANDWICH, ILL. 
Ifin nnn bate Cabbage Plants for sale at $1 per 
IUU, UUU 1,000. David Rodway, Hartly, Del. 
C hoice clover and grass seeds sow 
direct to the farmer. We have reduced our 
choice Hungarian and Millet seeds to the present 
market value. Write for samples and prices at 
once. N. WERTHKIMKR & SONS, Ligonier Iud. 
D| AUTO —Cabbage; Beet; (8 doz. prepaid 40 cts.) $1.00 
rL.HH I O per 1000; all varieties; Grown from Selected 
Seed; sold direct. Click's Seed Farms. Lancaster. Fa. 
COOPER’S 
TREE SPRAYS 
VI— For Trees in Dormant state 
V2 —For Summer Use 
V3-For Leaf-eating Insects 
Effective in the highest degree. Are highly 
Concentrated. Absolutely uniform in strength. 
Mix instantly with water. One part to 100 parts 
water. No sediment to clog nozzles. Hurmless 
to the trees and user. Non-poisonous to animals 
grazing under trees. Invigorate and cleanse 
the tree, Write for pamphlet of convincing testimony. 
Cyril Francklyn & Co.,62 Beaver St., New York, or 
Wm. Cooper & Nephews, 177 Illinois St., Chicago 
•LIGHTNING 
strikes thousands of barn* just after the hay 
and grain have been put in them. Are you 
running the risk of losing your buildings, 
your stock and your whole season’s crops , 
by one terrible flash? Don’t take that risk. 
I Government statistics show that good Light- 
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Put Up Your Own Lightning Rods 
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) Mfrs. Pure Copper Cable Lightning Rods^ 
Dept. I, Detroit, Mich. 
For Best EXTENSION LADDER “ 'SSSfi"" 
JOHN J. POTTER, 14 Mill St., Binghamton, N. Y. 
HARRISON’S NURSERIES, Berlin, Md. 
1100 acres trees and plants. Catalog free. 
m C A I C— Crimson Clover Seed 
OHLC c ow peas, $1.75 to 
$4.00 bushel 
$2.00 bushel 
J. E. HOI. 
40c. p< 
.BAN 
D, Milford. Dela. 
rnn PAI C— A1 Early Summer Cabbage. 1,000, 
lUn oMLL$ 5.00. Cash with order, i.uarantee 
stock to suit. P. E- Peckham.li.P.D. 3. Norwich,Ct. 
Acres of Cabbage Plants, on new land, from 
purest seeds. — Winnigstadt, Succession, Flat 
Dutch, Danish Bali. 600 in basket, $1.00 : 5000, $5 j 00; 
10.000, $8.00. JOHN KICHSTE DT, Factoryville.Pa. 
f|NE Quart of Strawberries Plant 1910 
v Send for Catalogue and Prices. 
T. C. KEVITT, 
Athenia, N. J. 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
The great soil improver. Valuable 
also for early green food, grazing and 
hay crop. Special circular free; also 
sample and price of seed on request. 
HENRY A. DREER, 
714 Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa 
